Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-02
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Every nation Of men hes Its ehssse-
terississ. Il i uot only Ia speech and
Appearances that people diGz. BAT IN
castona, IN works Of life, in Hkes. N
dislikea, IN aptitude for uoEk, IN love Of
leisure. in yearnines for var, in Ioue.
inzs for peaee. soz1s nations have pe.
cniiarities which are invariably asso
etateo with The mention Of that ration.
and thu fsndness for this thinQ, thai
thing, o. the other thiag 10, In aoms 10
sianees, 40 universally present am0nR q
people snat Il becomes IN time natural
characteristic. Old time rsprtsentA-
tisna gsYe - the German VITA 4 beer
mug 10 ne hand and . long pfpe Ia tue
other, while the Frsnehman vas Dor.
trayed with his absinthe and eternal
eiearette- TIE Russian loves tcAaapDs.
the EnRlishman bis pint Of ale. the
Italian his elass Of ehianti.
Most nations, oc the other hand,
eenble one another IN some paFiioalu :,
One Of the tnoss striking Illustrations
In the Use 10 some form or Other Of the
tobaeeo plant. u h utilized in tee shane
Of cigars and cigarettes aud sacked Ia
every sort Of pipe, from the plebsian
e0rncob to the patFieian mesFsehzam.
There are uses and abuses - which
this weed Il pot which are not univeF-
sal And the American eitixsn can
ciaim tbs honor Of making u do Ger
vice Ia q way which other enlightened
nations have not seen &c 20 ADOPT
Foreigners don'S chew. We do. In
Germany, Ia France, in EnRland. voc
will rarely meet q native WHO is IN she
act Of chewing tobacco. In AmeEisa-
the Seattle eonrtroon, for example
you will rarely meet native who is net
In the act Of chewing. This is q habit
which We are forced 70 admit 10 essen
tally American. FOREIGNERS, aside
from mariners, confess that they have
net been educated up 10 the point Of
appreciatinQ the true eri0ymsnt Ia the
practice. In our affl ioted land many
youths can destroy Mayh0wsr bg the
pound even at 9 tender age, and thus
have the science Of expectoratioa down
70 . fine point before thsy have reached
their majority. les too bad; and,
stFaneest Of all, everybody says it's tso
bad. The inVeterate maslieafof of q
daily four ounce allowances is foremost
in announcing the habit. He doasn't
pFelend 10 deny that Il is filthy; be is
She first 10 admit that an individual
munching q mouthful Of Jacks ms
Best, with tiny rivuleta and delicate
decorations 40 the corners OF his mouth,
Is about as sorry q spectacle as one can
and outside OF the road leading from
Naples 10 Mount Vesnvins.
II one would inspect the art IL all the
perfection 10 which 10 has attained, let
him enter into the sacred precincts of
justice right here IN our midst. especial
IL during a session Of court when spicy
trials are on the dsoket. Here is one
Amerioanism, certainly. What activity !
Jaws moving on every side, With inter
estlng psuses every nos aBd then for
eopious disposals Of supeFhuous saliva
IN spots NOT pre- empted b. number nine
solea. The sight IL worth beholding II
only for Ice AWfuinsBs. Carpets under
such circum stances cannot long endure.
What feast for the Olfaetoriesl
Many object TO this state of things
Dennnciati0n IL freqasn1 Can IL De
atopped7 Az Offiser "a tbs cause Of jos
tioe has inslnuated that as women have
gone out Of the court room spittoons
have come IN. Here, then, il q solution
Of the officially. II women sit on iaries
the habit viii be abandoned, at least
while the spectators are lowering about
the bar. but is it necessary to 60 to
this trouble IN order 10 do away With
the nuisancs9 In order TO prevent spec
tAtoF- IN a court, room from making
themselves disagEeeable and the cham
Der itself uninhabitable, il Il necessary
10 q roundabout way 10 so to tbs tFoa-
bic OF passing territorial act with q
full title permitting women 20 take a
hand il dealing out iustiosf The court
room should certainly be keps IN better
order. and TO accomplish this IL is Only
necessary 10 90 az IL in a plain. direct
way. mo smoking" ''DJsnss de
FHmer," "Niehf Ranehea," aFs requests
Usually obaYed lin most iandsl II hung
on public walls. We see no reason Why
an intimation in another direetioa
woald not be productive Of happy re-
gultA